Old is Gold and Health is Wealth

It is a natural tendency to work as hard asmedication or hospitalization. Without insurance,
possible every day while ignoring the signals ourthey have to tap into their savings - or worse -
bodies are sending. A-type personalities are proneuse a credit card to pay for doctors and hospital
to stress, headaches, irritability, an inability tofees.
concentrate, body aches, and general malaise. AsWith rising healthcare costs, even someone with
a result, they are more susceptible to healththe best insurance will find that prescription
problems than those who lead a more balancedmedications have become more costly than
life.anticipated. In addition, doctor visits and hospital
Prevention is the key to leading a healthy andstays can exhaust their savings as well.
successful life. Whether you are a CEO or aIt is important that each and every one of us
blue-collar worker; knowing how much pressure totake stock of our lifestyles. Are we engaged in a
exert on your mind and body is essential. While ithealthy diet and exercise program? Are we
is true that some choose to ignore the warningreducing stress? Are we doing everything we can
signs of an on-coming illness and decide to "workto teach our children that healthy equals wealthy?
though it," they are forestalling the inevitable.If not, why not!
At a time when healthcare reform is beingIf the adage is to be taken literally, then it is time
debated across the country, there are millions ofthat we stop the lies and hate-filled rhetoric and
people without health insurance. Those with ancome together as a nation to find a way to
A-type personality may find that all the stressreduce healthcare costs for all, and provide
and angst has finally caught up with them. Ahealthcare insurance to those who do not have it.
serious health condition may arise, requiring